NOVEMBER 26, 2010 Harbinger in Hamtramck The bankruptcy lesson from a Detroit suburb. More bad news out of Michigan: Facing a $3 million deficit on its $18 million budget, the Detroit suburb of Hamtramck is seeking permission to file bankruptcy. Other towns may not be far behind. Hamtramck suffers from high unemployment and falling income, […]
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CAGW Launches New Nationwide Ad Campaign Watch CAGW’s New National Ad Campaign here! On October 21, 2010, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) unveiled a national ad addressing our country’s spending addiction, the dangers of relentless deficits, and the corrosive nature of our national debt. This new ad, which features a chilling look at one potential
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This insightful article was written in June of 2010 and gives an in depth analysis of why the EU is experiencing economic problems with their single currency. A Predictable Crisis Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Europe’s single currency was bound to break down. Martin Feldstein June 14, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 37 The current
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It Can Happen Here Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) It Can Happen Here American government goes European Roger Kimball November 8, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 08 The New Road to Serfdom A Letter of Warning to America by Daniel Hannan HarperCollins, 224 pp., $24.99 In September I was part of a conference in England
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Tod Lindberg November 8, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 08 No, this is not going to be a full-blown exercise in the fiction genre of Alternative History: A minor adviser to the 2008 McCain presidential campaign chronicles the day-to-day ups and downs of the two eventful years following the American
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NOVEMBER 20, 2010 Revolutionary Do-Over By JOHN FUND An old Washington story goes that when Martians land near the White House, everyone inside the Beltway flees in terror. Everyone, that is, except for the folks at the favor-factories known as Congress’s Appropriations Committees, who rush to greet the spaceship and say, “We’re here to help
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) As Simple as One, Two, Three A legislative strategy for the House Republicans. Jeff Bergner November 15, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 09 Republicans have won control of the House and have gained several seats in the Senate. What will the Republicans do? Will they simply nibble at the edge
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California Suggests Suicide; Texas Asks: Can I Lend You a Knife? Nov. 15 2010 – By JOEL KOTKIN Image via Wikipedia In the future, historians may likely mark the 2010 midterm elections as the end of the California era and the beginning of the Texas one. In one stunning stroke, amid a national conservative tide,
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NOVEMBER 17, 2010 Who better to host the debate over sound money in Congress than the Fed’s most persistent critic? By SETH LIPSKY One of the most exciting features of the new Congress is the prospect that the chairmanship of a House subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve will go to Ron Paul. Final assignments
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NOVEMBER 15, 2010 Irish Resist EU’s Push to Accept a Rescue By MARCUS WALKER,BRIAN BLACKSTONE And NEIL SHAH Europe’s debt crisis entered a critical new phase as Ireland resisted pressure from the European Central Bank and national governments to seek a bailout amid growing concern that the currency bloc could unravel. Ireland fiercely denied that
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